Cyclone Clive and the minor parties

"I call on Mr Palmer today to do one thing: stop spending money on election campaigning around Australia when you don't seem to have the money to fulfil your environmental obligations in Townsville and your obligations to 1,000 men and women who rely on jobs at the nickel refinery," he said.

"What about the hundreds of people who lost their job at the Palmer resort? Again, he spends money on election advertising while that resort, which was once an iconic Queensland destination, is falling apart and is a sad, sick joke."

Several Queensland Cabinet ministers have today repeated the allegation, saying Mr Palmer should focus on his businesses in the state, not his expanding political empire.

Queensland Environment Minister Andrew Powell said Mr Palmer should be more worried about local jobs.

"Mr Palmer's spent a lot of money on election campaigns," he said.

"My preference is he'd be spending that same amount of money on fixing his nickel refinery but also on fixing the Coolum resort."